Synonyms of the word erase


ERASECANCEL - DELETE - EFFACE - KILL

erase

  • v. (transitive) to remove markings or information.
  • v. (transitive) To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage)…
  • v. (transitive) To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
  • v. (transitive, baseball) To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play.
  • v. (intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).
  • v. (transitive) To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.

cancel

  • v. (transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.
  • v. (transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
  • v. (transitive) To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
  • v. (transitive) To offset or equalize something.
  • v. (transitive, mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction,…
  • v. (transitive, media) To stop production of a programme.
  • v. (printing, dated) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
  • v. (obsolete) To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
  • v. (slang) To kill.
  • n. A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English).
  • n. (obsolete) An enclosure; a boundary; a limit.
  • n. (printing) The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.

delete

  • v. To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer.
  • n. (computing) A deletion.
  • n. (uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Delete.
  • n. (recorded entertainment industry) A remainder of a music or video release.

efface

  • v. (transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out.
  • v. (reflexive) To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence.
  • v. (medicine) Of the cervix during pregnancy, to thin and stretch in preparation for labor.

kill

  • v. (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
  • v. (transitive) To render inoperative.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
  • v. (transitive) To use up or to waste.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively, informal) To exert an overwhelming effect on.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.
  • v. (transitive) To force a company out of business.
  • v. (intransitive, informal) To produce intense pain.
  • v. (figuratively, informal, hyperbolic, transitive) To punish severely.
  • v. (transitive, sports) To strike a ball or similar object with such force and placement as to make a shot…
  • v. To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
  • v. (mathematics, transitive, idiomatic, informal) To cause to assume the value zero.
  • v. (computing, Internet, IRC, transitive) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
  • n. The act of killing.
  • n. Specifically, the death blow.
  • n. The result of killing; that which has been killed.
  • n. (volleyball) The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
  • n. A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.
  • n. A kiln.

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